Essays about: "Existential Phenomenology"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Existential Phenomenology.
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1. Digital Existence in the Digital Theater : An Ethnographic, Transnational Study of Artistic Practices and Participation
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikationAbstract : This thesis argues that the research problem, which describes a lack of a common understanding of the digital age, and what its major transformations mean for different stakeholders, can be fruitfully interrogated by attending to emergent forms of making sense in the digital theater. The aim of the study was met by raising and responding to the following research questions: How does the digital theater understand and experience digital existence in participatory potentials, and how do creatives in the digital theater bridge participatory intensities, the tensions and sometimes gaps between experienced reality and digital capabilities to expand on their own and their theaters’ participatory potential? The study combined a phenomenological approach, with an ethnographic method and narrative analysis, supported by a theoretical framework of existential media studies with a particular focus on digital existence, in combination with prospects for participation, using cultural participation theories. READ MORE
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2. A summary of and a phenomenological study on ethics within the project management practitioner community
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknikAbstract : Project managers typically work under constant and strict time, money and quality pressures which can, alongside other factors, lead to professional ethics within the project environment taking a backseat. This paper provides an overview on ethics; project management and ethics within project management with focus on the conventional vs. READ MORE
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3. Concepts of Digital Objects : Digital Records and the Relational Objects of Yuk Hui
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för informationssystem och –teknologiAbstract : The writings of Yuk Hui, bringing together technical and philosophical insights, provides new theory for the digital, something desired by many in archival research. The aim of this study is to assess the use of Hui’s theories on digital objects and web ontologies as a unifying theory for archival studies, looking at the concept of digital records in particular. READ MORE
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4. A Phenomenology of Transcendence : Edith Stein and the Lack of Authentic Otherness in Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time
University essay from Södertörns högskola/FilosofiAbstract : This essay aims to shed light upon the philosophical dignity of Edith Stein’s critique of the early Heideggerian conception of sociality in her text ”Martin Heideggers Existenzphilosophie”, from 1936. I will argue that Stein’s critique of Heidegger’s concept of sociality comes to be substantiated through her existential-philosophical approach to his understanding of the transcendent character of Dasein. READ MORE
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5. Escaping by running away: The motivations behind minimalistic consumption in the form of barefoot running.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The purpose of the study is to investigate the growing trend in consumers to go back to basic lifestyle and to reveal how different events, meanings, experiences and ideas have a role to play in this change in consumers’ attitude. The paper aims to understand this new rising trend and consumer interest and provide a theoretical explanation of the phenomenon. READ MORE
